Availability of 3rd Generation iPad Improves on Online Apple Store

[Movaiz]

Good news. My iPad went from arriving on 4/4 to arriving on 27/3. Still hoping that it might ship even sooner. *fingers crossed*

 

[Rogifan]

This may be the "new normal" in the Tim Cook era. His background is in supply chain management.

Something to point out is that Steve Jobs, for all his greatness, liked to tinker with products until the very end. While it made for great products, he took it to an extreme. That Apple was able to get ANY supply so quickly after some of Jobs' last-minute changes (supposedly he changed the original iPhone less than a month before the launch) is a testament to Tim Cook.

Now that he's in charge, he's less likely to make last-minute changes to the designs that Jony Ivy and the engineering team put out. While it could mean that Apple is a bit more tolerant of "compromises" (such as going with the older LTE chip, the 45nm Samsung process for the A5X, and the resultant larger battery), it means that Apple has more time to ramp up in anticipation of a product launch.

That may be why Jobs had the foresight to place Ive's design team in a unique position within the org chart (I believe he has a dotted line to the Board and doesn't report directly to Tim Cook). By doing so, that keeps design "compromises" somewhat in check.

According to Apple's website Ive reports to the CEO.

 

[KBford]

I ordered my iPad yesterday morning before they changed the date, and it showed my delivery date would be April 11. After they changed the availability to 1-2 weeks, it said my iPad would be delivered between March 28 - April 4. Si was very excited.

This doesn't seem to have made any difference in the UK. I ordered mine on 11th March when they said 2 - 3 weeks delivery and was quoted a dispatch date of 2nd April. Even though it has changed to 1 - 2 weeks my dispatch time is still 2nd April, Delivery 10 April

Thats 8 days from dispatch to delivery. Don't know how far it is coming, but that's a very slow delivery.

 

[SamFisher]

Just got a notification, might be here tomorrow... nice surprise, so happy

 

[Incindium]

Mine just when to preparing for shipment today and its been 2 weeks exactly sent I ordered it. Just in time too... the gift card I used as part of the payment expires at the end of the month.

So seems like there is still a pretty substantial wait in ordering online.

 

[ncaissie]

My daughters iPad said 2-3 weeks but we received it a lot sooner.